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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 5 MARCH 2017 49 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL BOV Premier League St. Andrews - Floriana ..................... 0-0 Tarxien Rainbows - Birkirkara ........... 0-1 Hamrun Spartans - Gzira United ....... 1-3 Sliema Wanderers - Hibernians ........ 1-2 Today - National Stadium 14:00 Pembroke Athleta - Balzan 16:00 Mosta - Valletta England - Premier League Manchester Utd - AFC Bournemouth . 1-1 Leicester City - Hull City ................... 3-1 Stoke City - Middlesbrough .............. 2-0 Swansea City - Burnley .................... 3-2 Watford - Southampton ................... 3-4 West B. Albion - Crystal Palace ......... 0-2 Liverpool - Arsenal .......................... 3-1 Today 14:30 Tottenham Hotspur - Everton 17:00 Sunderland - Manchester City Tomorrow 21:00 West Ham United - Chelsea Italy - Serie A Roma - SSC Napoli........................... 1-2 Sampdoria - Pescara ....................... 3-1 AC Milan - Chievo Verona ................. Late Today 12:30 Atalanta - Fiorentina 15:00 Cagliari - Inter 15:00 Crotone - Sassuolo 15:00 Empoli - Genoa 15:00 Torino - Palermo 15:00 Udinese - Juventus 20:45 Bologna - Lazio Spain - Liga Satander Leganes - Granada .......................... 1-0 Eibar - Real Madrid .......................... 1-4 Villarreal - Espanyol ........................ 2-0 Barcelona - Celta Vigo ..................... Late Today 12:00 Sporting G. - Deportivo La Coruna 16:15 Atletico Madrid - Valencia 18:30 Las Palmas - Osasuna 20:45 Athletic Bilbao - Malaga Tomorrow 20:45 Alaves - Sevilla Germany - Bundesliga B. Dortmund - B. Leverkusen ........... 6-2 FC Cologne - Bayern Munich ............ 0-3 Hoffenheim - Ingolstadt .................. 5-2 Mainz 05 - Wolfsburg ...................... 1-1 Werder Bremen - Darmstadt ............. 2-0 Borussia M. - Schalke 04 ................. 4-2 Today 15:30 Eintracht Frankfurt - Freiburg 17:30 Hamburger SV - Hertha Berlin Football Results & Fixtures Hamrun S. ................ 1 Gzira Utd. ................ 3 WARREN ZAMMIT ĦA MRU N made a f lying start to the match as they went ahead after just six minutes. Brandon Paiber sent a cross shot from a free kick which Jurgen Borg failed to neutralise. Philip Chir- cop took hold of possession and finished inside the net. Gżira responded on the 11th minute, when Juan Carlos Cor- balan hit a low shot from the edge of the penalty that sailed slightly wide of the post. On the 21st minute, Louis Rene Zome of Gżira sent a shot on target, but Batusila Kambala neutralised. Four minutes later, the Spar- tans were forced to make an early substitution after Chircop was injured. Jorge Mesqueu Ne- to took his place. Ħamrun went close to dou- ble their advantage on the 33rd minute. Massimiliano Giusti served Saturday Nanapere on the right side of the penalty area and the latter hit a close range shot that went high. Gżira hit back three minutes later when Corbalan fired a shot from distance that ended wide. The Maroons equalised two minutes prior to half time. An- drew Cohen sent an excellent cross towards Zome who head- ed past Kambala. On the 52nd minute, Cohen sent a shot from distance that ended off target. Two minutes later, Cohen had another opportunity to send Gżira ahead. The veteran mid- fielder received the ball inside the penalty area but fired high. Gżira kept pressing in attack and were close again on the 55th minute. Following a cross inside the penalty area, Gianmarco Conti headed slightly over. The Spartans replied on the hour mark. Paiber went on a good run and hit a shot that forced a good save from Borg. Cohen again showed his crea- tive skills on the 77th minute. The 35 year old received the ball inside the penalty area and tried to place it inside the net. How- ever, his effort ended slightly over. Darren Abdilla's side went ahead on the 80th minute. Jacob Borg sent a cross inside the pen- alty area which Kambala par- ried towards Carlos Alejandro Reyna whose effort ended past the Ħamrun goalkeeper. Gżira left no doubt about the result in the additional time giv- en by the referee as they scored their third goal. In their desper- ate efforts to equalise, the Spar- tans weakened their defence and the Maroons made the most of this scenario. Following a fast counter attack, Corbalan deliv- ered the ball towards Jacob Borg and the 25 year old finished in- side the net. Ħamrun Spartans starting line-up: Batusila Kambala, Karl Micallef, Luke Grech, Christian Emeka Anigbogu, Philip Chri- cop, Massimiliano Giusti, Sat- urday Nanapere, Igor Misan, Brandon Paiber, Manolito Mi- callef, Leandro Motta Dos San- tos Gżira United starting line-up: Jurgen Borg , Jacob Borg , Clif- ford Gatt Baldacchino, Souley- mane Diamoutene, Ian Azzo- pardi, Juan Carlos Corbalan, Louis Rene Zome, Ige Abdullah Adeshina, Zachary Scerri, An- drew Cohen, Gianmarco Conti Referee: Malcolm Spiteri Assistant Referees: Edward Spiteri, Chris Azzopardi Fourth Of ficial: Trustin Farru- gia Cann BOV Player of the Match: An- drew Cohen (Gżira United) Igor Misan (Hamrun) challenging Louis Rene Zome for the ball PHOTOGRAPHY BY DOMINIC BORG Gzira's hopes of securing their Premier League status are slowly materializing, as they registered a 3-1 win over Hamrun Spartans Gzira moves closer to security